Susan Richter

Retired Catholic educator-38 years

[Berry Men's Basketball @BerryMBB_]

Congratulations to @canonarmstead, @dwinegarden15, @RyanLuttrell4, @cameronp0pe, and @GrantStubbs23 on being named to the @NABC1927 Honors Court. Proud of how hard they work in the classroom! #Together

[Berry Men's Basketball @BerryMBB_]

Proud of the guys for receiving the @NABC1927 Team Excellence Award. They continue to put in the work on and off the court! #Together

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@stanik2 @sarrah_bellus Have you served in the military?

[Prof. John McLaughlin @Harvard1988]

🚨🚨The Trump Crime Family is more corrupt than the totality of All Previous Organized Crime Families Combined in the history of the United States.
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I spent thirty (30 years investigating Major Organized Crime Families & Gangs and without a doubt, Donald Trump has committed more crimes against the United States of America and its citizens than all Organized Crime Syndicates.
TRUMP is directly responsible for the theft of billions of dollars and the systematic destruction of our economy, the rule of law and our democracy.
TRUMP must be Impeached and Removed from office by the U.S. Congress this year. Both Democrats & Republicans must join together to save our nation.

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@RossKneeDeep YES! No question the Court is corrupt.

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@MAGANEWS_X Disagree

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@MikeBales Enjoy the high gas prices and inflation. Am certain you are better off economically now than a few years ago. 😂
Perhaps Trump should invade Cuba. Maybe you can join the armed services and help fight these wars.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Dear friends: I don’t know any Catholic in the United States, from the most traditional to the most progressive, who does not have strong feelings about the comments from President Trump and Vice President Vance about Pope Leo XIV. These include not only President Trump’s initial disrespectful Truth Social post about the Holy Father, but also Vice President Vance’s similarly disrespectful comments about Pope Leo having to be “careful” when he speaks about theology.

Let me share some of my own feelings. First of all, it is shocking that a President and Vice President would treat such a good, holy and learned man with such disdain. Imagine telling a man with the Holy Father’s learning and experience (and authority) that he doesn’t understand theology sufficiently. What’s more, imagine attacking him as, ridiculously, “weak on crime” or somehow not understanding foreign policy.

Second, I’m edified by Pope Leo’s charitable and courageous response to all this. Charitable because he has not responded in any way other than with charity and respect. As some of you may know, I know the Holy Father slightly, thanks to our being seated together at the Synod for two weeks, and know him to be a kind, reserved, discerning and highly intelligent person. In a word, holy.

But courageous too: as we have seen during his time in Algeria and Cameroon, Pope Leo has not shied away from continuing to preach the Gospel, and speaking out in favor of peace (and yes, he understands St. Augustine’s concept of the “just war”) and against, as he said today, tyrants and those who would use God’s name to support violence of bloodshed.

So, where will this all end? It’s hard to say. But I would imagine that now that the taboo has been broken, politicians will continue to denigrate him and thus try to persuade people, without saying it explicitly, to think that the Pope’s words do not need to be listened to.

But this will be in vain for two reasons. First, Pope Leo is clearly fearless. A few hours after he was elected as pope, I spoke with a fellow Augustinian priest who had known “Bob” for decades. “He’s a great listener, very kind and much loved.” Then he paused. “But he’s no pushover.” But the main reason that the Pope’s words will be heard is less about Robert Prevost’s own many virtues but something else: the Vicar of Christ will be heard because he is preaching the Gospel. As Jesus told his disciples, “Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words will never pass away.” So, in these strange times, fear not.

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@PatriotSassy Suggest you read the Gospels again. Pretty sure it is what Jesus said!
God Bless you.
And maybe we can all pray for peace!

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@MAGAMAHACindy I can and will continue to be against a man that lies every day and has no regard for the US Constitution and Rule of Law. I taught Government and US History for 30+ years. Our President does not believe in our rep. democracy.
I am Catholic and stand with Pope Leo.

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@BoLoudon Please tell the truth, for once.
I know your leader cannot ever tell the truth.
Sad and disgraceful.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The wars that stain the present moment with blood are the fruit of the idolatry of power and money. Let us not grow accustomed to the clamor of weapons and images of war! #Peace is not merely a balance of power. It is the work of purified hearts, of those who see others as brothers and sisters to be protected, not enemies to be defeated. #ApostolicJourney https://t.co/WeRUclJHqq

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@rshereme When has the President gone to church to worship?
Answer: never

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Bishop Seitz: “The current national campaign of mass detention and deportations is a grave moral evil, one which must be opposed, with prayer, peaceful action and acts of solidarity with those affected." https://t.co/SoES7G69Mc

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

@Eman5695 YES

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Pope Leo XIV on Laetare Sunday: “Currently, many of our brothers and sisters in the world are suffering from violent conflicts, caused by the absurd pretense of resolving problems and disagreements through war, when we must engage in ceaseless dialogue for peace. Some even attempt to implicate God in these deadly decisions, but God cannot be enlisted by darkness. Rather, He always comes to give light, hope, and peace to humanity, and it is peace that those who invoke him must seek.”

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

On behalf of the Christians of the #MiddleEast, and of all women and men of good will, I appeal to those responsible for this conflict: cease fire! May paths of dialogue be reopened! Violence can never lead to the justice, stability and peace for which the peoples are waiting.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

NEW: Days after Pete Hegseth said the U.S. war in Iran is protected by God, Pope Leo XIV denounced those who “involve the name of God in choices of death.”

“God cannot be enlisted in darkness.” https://t.co/CqSXTxCTBS

[Susan Richter @Susan_1441]

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